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Toward the Unknown: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With William Holden, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Leith, Charles McGraw. At the dawn of supersonic flight in the 1950s, a group of Edwards Air Force Base experimental aircraft test pilots push themselves to the limit.
Toward the Unknown, originally called Flight Test Center and titled Brink of Hell in its UK release, is a 1956 American aviation film about the dawn of supersonic flight filmed on location at Edwards Air Force Base.
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Summaries. At the dawn of supersonic flight in the 1950s, a group of Edwards Air Force Base experimental aircraft test pilots push themselves to the limit. USAF Major Lincoln Bond is captured, tortured and released from a POW camp in Korea.
Lincoln Bond (William Holden) is an ace flier, but because he was a captive during the Korean War, Brig. Gen. Bill Banner (Lloyd Nolan) thinks the emotionally wounded Bond isn't ready for the job...
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Possessing two rocket-powered engines, the plane is expected to fly faster than the speed of sound. Shelby tries to convince Bill to accept a promotion to the Air Force's research and development department in Washington, but Bill refuses the office job.
Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities. Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot.
Directed by. Mervyn LeRoy. United States, 1956. Drama, History, Romance. 115. Synopsis. At the dawn of supersonic flight in the 1950s a group of Edwards Air Force Base experimental aircraft test pilots push themselves to the limit. Synopsis.
Action 1956 1 hr 55 min A disgraced pilot is no longer allowed to fly as a result of his experience as a POW (prisoner of war) during the Korean War. Brutally tortured and brainwashed, he cracked under the strain.
